Thoughts on GOD and TRUTH
(found somewhere in the middle of ultra-conservatism and flaming liberalism)

Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Thought of the Day !!

Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a
person who builds a house on solid rock. But anyone who hears my
teaching and ignores it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on
sand. Matthew 7:24;26 (NLT)

This comes at the end of Jesus' teachings that we now call the
Sermon on the Mount. He speaks of people being wise when they build
their houses on something solid that is reliable and not going
anywhere. This makes sense. You
don't build a house until you have a firm foundation.

But often times people build the houses of their lives on something
much less solid than the Rock of Christ. Houses can be built upon the
sandy soil of a person's income or personality or reputation or anything
else that helps them get by in this world. The problem is that when
the winds blow and the floods come these houses can crumble because of
nothing stable underneath.

Matthew uses the word "moros", which we translate as foolish here.
Can anyone guess what we get from this word? Moron. How about this?
Jesus is teaching the people the moral law, or the moral (right) way to
live. If they hear what he has to say and simply ignores him, they are
foolish. Or it could be said that this would be a moronic thing to do.

As Christians, we hear the word of God through sermons, bible
studies, prayer and especially Scripture. The moronic thing for us
would be to listen and proclaim that these are wonderful teachings, but
just unrealistic for us in today's world. That's done more than we want
to admit. It's done every time we say we cannot forgive or cannot turn
the other cheek or cannot love our enemy. For with God all things are
possible. And with Christ as the foundation of our lives, we can do
whatever He asks of us...and our lives will be filled...and we will be
wise.